National Gallery a great free egalitarian resource of which this country should be proud. Was in the gallery yesterday – great mix of people including Michael D and Sabina, just there like ordinary folks.

It used to be that we had a Dublin Civic Museum which was free to all comers as well and detailed the history of Dublin to Dubliners and foreigners alike.

What I want to know is why the decision was made to replace it with a much smaller pay-in LIttle Museum and where have all the previous exhibits from the Dublin City Museum gone.

There was no museum of Dublin at the time the little Museum opened and I can’t remember there having been one in the 20 years I’ve been coming to Dublin city centre so I don’t think you are right when you say a decision was made to replace a museum with the Little Museum of Dublin.

There actually was a free museum – The Civic Museum, which was operated by Dublin City Council (in the old City Assembly Hall on South William street). It closed in 2003, and some of it’s previous exhibits were indeed passed on for display in the Little Museum of Dublin, when it opened in 2011.

I follow Broadsheet, it’s Donal who posts to Broadsheet.I have no control over Donal’s wish to promote himself in a forum I have visited since day one.Would you accuse a local in his favourite pub of stalking you if went in for a pint? Take your insecurities elsewhere Teresa & Charlie. x